Detonating toy.



No. 739,525. I PATENTED. SEPT. 22, 1903. 0. E. WENZEL. DETONATING TOY.

APPLIGATIFON FILED AUG. 21,1903.

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PATENTM FFICE CARL E. WENZEL, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

DETONATINIG 'rov.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,525, dated September 22, 1 903.

Application filed August 21, 1903.

Be it known that I, CARL E. WENZEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented and produced a new and useful Detonating Toy; and I do hereby deact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked there- The objects of this invention are to provide an improved detonating toy of novel construction, to insure safety by exploding the percussion-caps at a distance from the body of the operator, to secure means for automatically feeding the caps, and to obtain other advantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consistsin the improved detonating toy and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation; and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section taken on line as, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a certain feedguide for the strip of caps.

In said drawings, 1 indicates a rod or staii adapted to be carried in the hand and to the lower end of which the detonating apparatus is affixed. Said apparatus comprises a body portion having at its upper end a socket 2 to receive the handle and below said socket be-' ing bifurcated to receive a wheel 3, mounted upon a shaft 4., journaled in the arms 5 5. Between said arms, at a point a little below the lower end of the socket 2, is mounted an anvil 6, providing an upwardly-facing surface adapted to receive caps for explosion. Above said anvil a plunger 7 is mounted to slide'in the lower end of the socket'il, being.

normally forced downward against the an- S 'erial No. 170,267. (No model.)

vii-surface by means of a stiff spiral spring 8 between the upper end of the plunger 7 and lower or inner end of the stafil- To operate said plunger, a pin 9 extends from the side of the same out through a slot 10 in the wall of the body portion and is connected to a strip 11,]ying along one of the arms 5 of the bifurcated lower portion of the body. At the lower end of the said connecting-arm 11 is a pin 12, projecting inwardly through'a slot in the arm 5 and adapted to engage a cam 13, fast upon the shaft 4 of the wheel 3. Thus as the device is pushed along the ground the Wheel 3 is rotated, andthe plunger 7, by means of the connecting-strip 11, is reciprocated at every rotation ofthe wheel.

' Toautomatically supply caps to the anvil 6, I provide at one side of the body portion a flattened tubular guideway 14, opening at its lower end through the wall of the body portion upon the anvil-surface. This guideway is adapted to receive a strip of percussioncaps,"and to provide for an automatic feeding of the strip to the-anvil a feed-dog 15 is arranged'in a longitudinal slot 16 at the upper side of the guideway, said feed-dog being pivoted upon one end of a transverse lever 17, mounted on the body portion. end of said transverse lever is connected by a link 18 with the plunger 7, so that as said plunger is reciprocated the feed dog is moved along the guideway 14 to feed the cap-strip to the anvil.

To avoid any movement of. the cap-strip in the wrong direction, spurs 19 19 are arranged at the outer end of the guideway 14 to press constantly against the surface of the cap- .strip and prevent backward movement. Preferably the body portion of the device at the side opposite that at which caps are fed to the anvil has a large opening 20 to vent the explosions, and likewise the anvil itself may be perforated, as at 21.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. A detonating toy comprising a body portion bifurcated at its lower end, a wheel mounted in said bifurcated body portion, an anvil above said wheel, areciprocating plunger adapted to engage said anvil, and a connecting-rod attached to said plunger at one The opposite.

end and adapted at the other to receive a reciprocating motion from the said wheel.

2. A detonating toy comprising a body portion having a wheel mounted thereon, an anvil on said body portion, a percussing member adapted to engage the anvil, and a tripping-cam upon said Wheel to move said percussing member.

3. A detonating toy having a bifurcated body portion and a wheel mounted therein, an anvil and a slidable plunger mounted on said body portion, a connecting-bar extending-along one arm of said bifurcated body portion and being connected at one end to the plunger and at the other adapted to receive a reciprocating motion from the wheel.

4. In a detonating toy, a body portion providing an anvil, a plunger adapted to engage said anvil, a spring normally holding said plunger against the anvil, a tripping-rod connected at one end to said plunger, a wheel mounted on said body portion, and a cam on said Wheel adapted to engage the other end of said tripping-rod.

5. In a detonating toy, the combination of a body portion, an anvil thereon, a spring-actuated plunger normally engaging said anvil, a wheel adapted to engage the ground, means operated by said wheel for retracting the plunger against the power of said spring, and

means for feeding a strip of percussion-caps between said anvil and plunger.

6. The combination of a body portion, an anvil thereon, a plunger adjacent to said anvil and a springnormally holding the plunger against the anvil, a connecting-strip secured at one end to said plunger and being adapted to slide longitudinally upon the body portion, a wheel mounted in said body, and a cam turning with said wheel and adapted to engage at its periphery'the said connecting-strip.

7. The combination of the body portion pro viding an anvil, and a slideway for aplunger, of said plunger and a spring normally holding the same against the anvil, a slotted capstrip guideway opening between the anvil and plunger, a lever fulcrumed intermediate of its ends upon the body portion, a feed-dog at one end of said lever entering the guideway a link connecting the other end of the lever to the plunger, and means for retracting said plunger.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this th day of August, 1903.

CARL E. WENZEL.

Witnesses RUSSELL M. EVERETT, M. V. DOYLE. 

